হাওর

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Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit सागर (sāgara, sea). Doublet of সায়র (śaẏor).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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হাওর (haōr) (genitive হাওরের (haōrer), locative হাওরে (haōre))

  1. (Vanga) a waterlogged expanse

Further reading

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  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 914, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers.